Manipulating Time

Chapter two:

To love a Dog

Disclaimer: I am J.K. I own Harry Potter. I ****** up the last book, but am still wallowing in money. Haha.

Tricked yah.

If I was J.K. Sirius would have an accident with a youth potion. *grin* yummy....

It was the night before Christmas, and nothing was stirring. Except the Marauders, that is. Tonight happened to be the best prank night of all time. No one ever expected the Holiday pranks. Life was good. Although, you would think they would come to their wits and figure it out by now. Oh well.

Sirius hummed "Rudolph the Red nose Reindeer" as he magically gave the fat lady a shinning red nose. A triumphant grin passed over his lips. 'Score..."

Turning, he nearly jumped out of his boxers (a/n: YES!!! *faint*) as he came face to face with Hermione Granger. He grinned at her attempting to hide the fat lady's portrait.

Hermione was a pretty girl, he had to admit, damn pretty. But she was also a complete rule abider. Like Lils. Girls like that tended to squeal on hot, mischief makers like himself.

She shook her head, a slight smile gracing her lips, "Some people never change... Just stay away from my dorm or I'll hex you." With that, she gave him a friendly hit and walked past.

He knew he liked that girl.

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Hermione laughed as she fell onto her pillow. She loved Christmas. Turning her head, she saw her two room mates, Amanda and Lily. They were quite the pare. Oddly enough, Manda was the head girl this year, not Lily.

While lily was quiet, rule abiding, and serious; Amanda bordered on the insane, hyperactive, and mischievous side. Although, Amanda was actually (though she would never admit it) as smart as she was. Amanda knew everything it seemed. And sometimes, if you got past her happy exterior, you saw the real her. Amanda wasn't really insane, hyperactive, and mischievous. She was masquerading. She had learned that two years ago her parents had disowned her after she got bit by a werewolf. After that, she had turned sour and cold, loosing most of her friends, all except Lily. As of late, she had lost the coldness and became... well, insane.

Although, if you knew her well, you would notice the circles under her eyes that appeared after a night of crying herself to sleep.

Turning back to look at the ceiling, Hermione closed her eyes. She had made friends in this era. It was strange, she missed Harry and Ron, sure, but she didn't ever want to go back.

And she didn't know why.

"Yes you do Herms."

Hermione turned to look at Amanda. The girl knew everything.

Amanda gave her a slight smirk, and turned over to go back to sleep.

Like she said before. Amanda knew everything. And even though it was impossible to read minds, Hermione believed Amanda could. To some degree at least. Though Amanda would never admit to it, she knew Hermione was from another time, and knew she loved Sirius. How, though, Hermione could only begin to guess.

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Yes.... Short chappie.... sowwy!