~It's Raining, It's Pouring~

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The Marauders' Sixth Year~

Class had already started, and Serah was late. She rushed through the halls, and screeched to a stop outside her DADA classroom. It was raining in the doorway. She sighed, no doubt it was a prank targeted to embarrass her specifically, or to embarrass anyone who was late to class. She ducked her head, clutching her books to her chest, and dove through the doorway, stopping directly on the other side, sputtering. She groped around for the nearest desk, dumped her bag and books there, and wiped the water out of her eyes. The classroom was totally silent, and she looked up to see her professor glaring down at her.

"Your doorway appears to be raining." Serah stated.

"I am aware of the inconvenience, however that does not explain why you are so late to your first class of the day." Professor Theodore Filch replied coolly.

"Oh. Right, I have a note from Madam Pomfry." She replied, with the air of one who is always distracted. "Just let me fetch it from my bag."

And with that she rummaged through her bag, emptying some of its contents onto the desk of Lily Evans. Finally, with a triumphant air, she held up a crinkled piece of paper.

"Here it is!" She handed the paper to the professor, and scooped up her things off Lily's desk, apologizing for the messiness.

"Take a seat next to Mr. Lupin, Miss. Townsend, and then we can continue where we were before the rude interruption."

Serah's eyes scanned the classroom, and Remus waved his hand at her. She smiled, and picked her way across the room. Remus noticed that a few things were different about her- her hair, for one, was no longer black. Now it was blonde, though it was done in the same style, as it had been before- with black pearls interspersed. The braid, however, was falling apart, and wet tendrils of hair clung to Serah's face, neck and robe. Her black robe was wet, and stuck to her.

She sat down with a squish, and winced. At that moment, the entire classroom erupted in yelps and screams- it had started raining. Serah raised her hand, and said calmly,

"Um. Professor? I believe that your ceiling is raining. May I be excused to fetch the Headmaster?"

"No! No! NO!!!!!" The professor shooed the students back into their seats, the only ones who had remained sitting were Remus, Serah, and Lily. The Professor cast a permanent dry spell on his notes, and proceeded with his lesson. The entire class sat miserably as the water slowly rose- eventually their shoes were entirely under water. Several of the girls lifted their feet with squeals as they realized what was happening. One or two of them discreetly sat on top of their desks. Several of the boys began to follow suit, and even more girls did as their robes began floating out around them. Eventually everyone but Serah and Remus were sitting on their desks, while their teacher was already on a platform and was not getting wet. Serah sighed, and raised her hand,

"Professor? The floor's flooding."

"Miss. Townsend, next time I want your opinion, I shall ask you."

"Right."

Filch continued his lecture, and Serah moved up to sit on the back of her chair. Remus followed suit.

"What should we do?" Remus whispered to Serah, "Professor Filch will never let us try to fix this rain."

"Yeah, I've noticed." Serah thought for a minute, then nearly laughed, "I know."

"What?"

"I'm going to send Thor."

Remus looked confused.

"You'll see." Serah snickered, and fished a scrap of paper out of her bags, and a quill. She scribbled something on the paper, and pulled a little whistle out of her robe. She blew on the whistle, and a high- pitched sound came from it. Remus clutched his ears, and Serah herself winced, but no one else seemed to notice it.

"What was that? A dog whistle??" He asked, tugging on his ears.

Serah nodded, and a big Great Dane puppy slipped into the classroom several minutes later. The black puppy (swimming as the water was over his head) wove through the desks to Serah's side. She patted his head, and slipped the paper into a little black tube on the dog's collar.

"Thor, take this to the Headmaster. Thor, take. Thor, Headmaster. Good boy! Go!" She hissed at the dog, whose tail wagged in the water. Thor turned around and swam back out of the classroom.

"You're sure he'll take it to the headmaster?"

"Yes, I'm sure."

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Nearly ten minutes later, the Headmaster's voice was projected throughout the school.

**Would all students please return to their house Common rooms? All Teachers please report to the Astronomy Tower. Classes are canceled today on account of the rain, which seems to be prevalent school wide. **

Everyone scrambled to obey, Remus and Serah slipping off their chairs to swim back to the Ravenclaw Tower. Lily waved to them before swimming off to the Griffindor Common room.

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TBC