Hello to everyone its me. I'm so happy hat people like my story that I have this big cheesy grin on my face as I'm typing this. As I am writing this chapter rather quickly after the last one it's going to be shorter. I have most of the story planned out in my head and I have a question for the readers pretty soon that will change the entire plot of the story. But that question will not appear until the next chapter or a few after it so if I eventually put it in I ask you to please answer it. Well now to the Disclaimer and then the next chapter!

Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters besides Lauren and Mackenzie and maybe some others. Sorry I can't think of anything witty to say.

Family Matters

Chapter 7- Dog

"Jesus, I hope we're not off to another frickin museum. I've had enough of obnoxious tour guides 'Now kids pay attention up here to this lovely piece of Renaissance work'. Next one that has a wheezy voice is going to have my foot personally delivered to their ass." Mackenzie said walking beside Lauren to the bus after their quick lunch. "Well that would be more entertaining than what we've gone through so far." Lauren said taking her seat besides Mackenzie on the bus. "Hey, look at that dog. It's massive!" Mackenzie said pointing out the window to a large, shaggy black dog. "Hmmmm, I don't know what breed it is do you?" Lauren replied leaning over Mackenzie to get a better look at the canine. "Haven't the foggiest. Doesn't it look like its staring at us?" Mackenzie said sitting back in her seat as the bus began to move. "Yeah, it did. Like it was trying to figure out something. There was an almost human expression in its eyes though." Lauren said obviously deep in thought. "Getting all philosophical on me now hmmmmm?" Mackenzie said but Lauren didn't get to answer because their tour guide had just started another meaningless lecture on the flora and fauna around the London area. ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ An hour and a half later Lauren and Mackenzie, along with the rest of their class emerged from a museum. The amusing part of this was that almost all of the kids had an expression on their face that was a mix of contempt, boredom and restraint. In Mackenzie and Lauren's cases the restraint was from trying not to bitch slap their tour guide. But Mackenzie's mind was taken off the many uses for a tube of lip-gloss as a weapon when she spotted the strangest thing, the black dog. "Lauren, look!" Mackenzie nudging her friend out of her thoughts. Lauren looked in the direction Mackenzie's arm was pointed and saw the huge black dog looking at them from across the street. "Is that." Mackenzie trailed off looking at her friend with one of her eyes still in the dogs' direction. "Holy shit, it has to be the same dog." Lauren said looking at her friend. "Well, my day just can't get any weirder can it?" Mackenzie said getting on the bus with Lauren in tow. "At least we only have one more stop and that ones gonna be longer though because it has a gift shop. Then we can go to dinner!" Lauren said happily flopping down next to Mackenzie. ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ "Finally we're back!" Lauren said getting off the bus after the class got back from dinner. "Yeah, I know. Did you see that hot waiter...?" Mackenzie said trailing off and looking towards an alley about 30 feet away. "Did you hear that?" Mackenzie said starting towards the alley. "What?" Lauren asked following. "A dog whimpering. Like it was in pain or something." Mackenzie said turning the corner to the alley with Lauren right behind her. There laying at the end of the dead end and slightly 'horror movie' gloomy alley was the black shaggy dog. The dog looked at them with large sorrowful eyes and gave another whimper of pain. Lauren and Mackenzie, both being dog people couldn't resist going to it, against better judgment. Just as Mackenzie knelt down with Lauren beside her she heard a noise behind them. Mackenzie swiveled around on her heels to see two men behind her with those stick things pointed at her and Lauren. A strange noise behind her caused Mackenzie to swivel back the other way to see instead of a dog laying where it had been, there was a man in its place. Lauren and Mackenzie glanced at each other and both got up ready to sprint for their lives. They both turned to face their attackers but a quiet word from the two men had the girls crumpled in a heap at their feet before they could take one step or say anything. Mackenzie and Lauren's last conscious thought was, "Oh shit, we're being kidnapped."

BUM BUM BUMMMMMMMMMMMMM !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love mystery endings when I'm writing them! It seems that I've thought of a question after all: Would you like this story to have a bit of Romance or not? I believe I can find a way to write it in with a variety of different characters. If you would like some romance then please specify in a review which character of mine (Lauren and Mackenzie) with which HP character (Harry, Ron, Draco etc.). I believe I may put a inflection of romance in their anyway but I'd like to hear your ideas and you never know, I may use the pairings you want! Oh and this isn't the plot changing question I was talking about earlier. That question will definitely be in the next chapter, I promise. And it has to do with the title so all will be explained with that. Until then, readers!

Your truly, -Mongoose

REVIEW PLEASE!!!!! I'M TRYING TO GET TO DOUBLE DIGITS AND REMEMBER TO ANSWER THE QUESTION THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!