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A/N: I've read a few new reviews and I'd just like to say, if you don't like my story, don't read it. I realize I've offended a person because I have created a story where an adult and a girl develop a relationship. Apparently this is statutory rape but I'd just like to say that no one's having sex and also if you haven't realized it yet, there are many stories on fanfiction.net, which involve adult/teen relationships. Cool. Enough said. Thank you. Sorry, just thought I'd make that clear. (For further info, read my reviews)
Sirius stood up from the sleeping Hermione and walked towards the window cautiously and drew his wand, his heard pounding vigorously against his chest. He could tell the shadow was made by an actual being because of the way it abruptly destroyed the moonlight on Hermione's face. As he stepped closer he heard a rustling sound outside right below the window. 'Why does her room have to be on the first story,' he thought moving closer. Without further questioning, Sirius opened the window abruptly and looked outside. Sirius's heart stopped and for a moment he couldn't breathe.
"James?" he whispered. A beautiful brown stag looked up at him from directly outside the window. The stag had obviously been eating out of the flower pots because Sirius noticed Hermione's yard had pretty much been reduced to nothing. Sirius's face was only about a foot away from the stag's and it stared at Sirius expressionless. Then it tilted its head looking into Sirius's face. When Sirius was about to speak to it one more time, it leaped away quick as lightning into a forest that went up a hill behind Hermione's house. Sirius was breathing hard and trembling. If that had been his childhood best friend, what was he doing hear and how could he possibly be alive? And if it wasn't, why did it look at him that way? Why didn't it run away the moment he opened the window? After a few more moments of pondering, Sirius realized it was useless to worry about now. He slowly walked towards the bed where Hermione was asleep and got in on the other side of her glancing back at the window every few moments to see if perhaps it had returned. It felt like hours before he finally fell asleep but he did.
Next morning
Sirius's eyes blinked open. He noticed that he was still wearing Hermione's Dad's clothes to his amusement. He turned to the clock: 8:48 p.m. The sun was beaming through Hermione's window and lit up her hair to its natural golden brown state. Then he turned to Hermione. He looked at her sleeping figure. She was lying on her stomach and on her right cheek on top of her right arm with her head facing him. She breathed deeply and Sirius thought to himself, 'Jeez this girl sleeps late.' He stood up and stretched and looked into the full-length mirror on the other side of the room. His sleek black hair was still perfect with the exception of a few strays in the back. The black t-shirt he was wearing was slightly wrinkled but tight hugging his nice body. He sighed and looked to the window again. He needed to figure out the mystery of this stag. But first, one question needed to be answered: Should he tell Hermione? He began walking towards Hermione's History of Magic book he had been reading when he heard voices heading towards Hermione's room down the hall. He quickly transformed into his animagus form and leaped onto the bed with Hermione pretending to be asleep. Her parents slowly opened the door.
"What were you THINKING letting her take in a dog like that?!" Mr. Granger whispered loudly to Mrs. Granger.
"Darling, he's a stray! Had no collar, or anything and he was outside her window and he's very, very smart." She whispered much quieter then him.
"He will NOT be staying, I tell you!" Mr. Granger said to her.
"Oh Peter, just let him stay for a few weeks," Mrs. Granger begged.
"I'm sorry, Larissa I won't have it." He said stubbornly.
"Now, dear don't be ridiculous. Once they wake up, you'll see. Hermione will show you how smart his is." Mrs. Granger remarked. 'Damn right I will,' Sirius thought.
"Now, dear," she continued. "Don't make her rid of him so fast. She's really grown rather attached to him. What was it she named him.... Oh yes, Snuffles."
"We'll see," said Mr. Granger giving "Snuffles" one last look and storming off. Sirius heard Mrs. Granger sigh. "Tell Hermione that when we get home tonight we'll be having a chat with her about that dog," He finished. Both parents then left for work. He told himself not to worry because he'd prove to Mr. Granger that he was very, verrry smart.
A little while later, Hermione finally woke up stretching as Sirius had done and looking around for where Sirius was. There she saw Snuffles curled up in a ball next to her. He looked up at her and then, just as a real dog would have done, stood up and started panting happily and licking her on the face. Hermione laughed and looked at the clock. 9:30 a.m. She laughed again.
"Sirius, you can be a human again. My parents left for work a half an hour ago." Hermione said. Sirius quickly transformed into a human sitting on his side.
"How did you know?" he asked, referring to her comment about her parents being gone.
"Oh, they always leave at nine. Never leave a note or anything. Oh well, thankfully I have you here. It's been really nice." She said smiling at him affectionately.
"I won't be here very long if your Dad doesn't lighten up a bit," Sirius said smirking and running his hand through his hair. Hermione gave him a questioning look.
"This morning, I heard them talking. Your Dad wants me out. Said I'll be out of here unless I proved I was worth something." Hermione's face fell but was lifted again after Sirius reassured her that he was.
"Don't worry! It'll be fine. I am a smart dog."
"Well I'm glad you've clarified that since I was having my doubts," Hermione said sarcastically laughing and pulling a curl to the side of her head to play with. Sirius's mind drifted off to the incident with the deer last night. If he wanted to tell her it was now or never.
"Hermione," he said bringing his attention back to the moment. She looked up at him once again he was getting lost in her eyes.
"Yeah, Sirius?"
"I need to tell you something that happened last night." Sirius said importantly. A look of complete horror spread across Hermione's face.
"We didn't like..." she hesitated for a moment. "Get drunk did we?" Now it was Sirius's turn to look horrified.
"NO! NO! Of COURSE not!" Sirius exclaimed nervously.
"Few," said Hermione sighing. "What did happen last night then?" Sirius, still trying to get over what she had just said, uttered under his breath exactly what had happened. He told her about how he had been seeing the shadow often and how this time he was able to discover that it was a stag. He told her the way it acted and how it ran away. He didn't yet mention how it looked exactly like James. Hermione was squinting at him during the entire story and at the end she let out an exasperated "Ohhh!" and smiled at Sirius again. He looked at her, confused.
"Oh, Sirius. HIM. I see him all the time. He comes to my house a lot and eats my garden but I don't care because he's so nice to me. His name is James."
Sirius gasped.
Thanks for the reviews guys! Here are some responses:
Pyrogirl4 : Thanks for being cool about the whole "similar story" thing. And sadly, NO it's not a real book or real author. I just put different names and words I've heard together to make it. Sorry to disappoint you!
Fuzzfurry : Don't worry because I'm definitely writing more. I plan on updating pretty much every day for a while.
Zaralya: Thank you!! Another good Sirius/Hermione fic is called "Sirius?" and its written by tATu-Black. You'll like it I think.
Rane2920072: Thanks for all the reviews! Hope you like this new chapter.
A/N: I've read a few new reviews and I'd just like to say, if you don't like my story, don't read it. I realize I've offended a person because I have created a story where an adult and a girl develop a relationship. Apparently this is statutory rape but I'd just like to say that no one's having sex and also if you haven't realized it yet, there are many stories on fanfiction.net, which involve adult/teen relationships. Cool. Enough said. Thank you. Sorry, just thought I'd make that clear. (For further info, read my reviews)
Sirius stood up from the sleeping Hermione and walked towards the window cautiously and drew his wand, his heard pounding vigorously against his chest. He could tell the shadow was made by an actual being because of the way it abruptly destroyed the moonlight on Hermione's face. As he stepped closer he heard a rustling sound outside right below the window. 'Why does her room have to be on the first story,' he thought moving closer. Without further questioning, Sirius opened the window abruptly and looked outside. Sirius's heart stopped and for a moment he couldn't breathe.
"James?" he whispered. A beautiful brown stag looked up at him from directly outside the window. The stag had obviously been eating out of the flower pots because Sirius noticed Hermione's yard had pretty much been reduced to nothing. Sirius's face was only about a foot away from the stag's and it stared at Sirius expressionless. Then it tilted its head looking into Sirius's face. When Sirius was about to speak to it one more time, it leaped away quick as lightning into a forest that went up a hill behind Hermione's house. Sirius was breathing hard and trembling. If that had been his childhood best friend, what was he doing hear and how could he possibly be alive? And if it wasn't, why did it look at him that way? Why didn't it run away the moment he opened the window? After a few more moments of pondering, Sirius realized it was useless to worry about now. He slowly walked towards the bed where Hermione was asleep and got in on the other side of her glancing back at the window every few moments to see if perhaps it had returned. It felt like hours before he finally fell asleep but he did.
Next morning
Sirius's eyes blinked open. He noticed that he was still wearing Hermione's Dad's clothes to his amusement. He turned to the clock: 8:48 p.m. The sun was beaming through Hermione's window and lit up her hair to its natural golden brown state. Then he turned to Hermione. He looked at her sleeping figure. She was lying on her stomach and on her right cheek on top of her right arm with her head facing him. She breathed deeply and Sirius thought to himself, 'Jeez this girl sleeps late.' He stood up and stretched and looked into the full-length mirror on the other side of the room. His sleek black hair was still perfect with the exception of a few strays in the back. The black t-shirt he was wearing was slightly wrinkled but tight hugging his nice body. He sighed and looked to the window again. He needed to figure out the mystery of this stag. But first, one question needed to be answered: Should he tell Hermione? He began walking towards Hermione's History of Magic book he had been reading when he heard voices heading towards Hermione's room down the hall. He quickly transformed into his animagus form and leaped onto the bed with Hermione pretending to be asleep. Her parents slowly opened the door.
"What were you THINKING letting her take in a dog like that?!" Mr. Granger whispered loudly to Mrs. Granger.
"Darling, he's a stray! Had no collar, or anything and he was outside her window and he's very, very smart." She whispered much quieter then him.
"He will NOT be staying, I tell you!" Mr. Granger said to her.
"Oh Peter, just let him stay for a few weeks," Mrs. Granger begged.
"I'm sorry, Larissa I won't have it." He said stubbornly.
"Now, dear don't be ridiculous. Once they wake up, you'll see. Hermione will show you how smart his is." Mrs. Granger remarked. 'Damn right I will,' Sirius thought.
"Now, dear," she continued. "Don't make her rid of him so fast. She's really grown rather attached to him. What was it she named him.... Oh yes, Snuffles."
"We'll see," said Mr. Granger giving "Snuffles" one last look and storming off. Sirius heard Mrs. Granger sigh. "Tell Hermione that when we get home tonight we'll be having a chat with her about that dog," He finished. Both parents then left for work. He told himself not to worry because he'd prove to Mr. Granger that he was very, verrry smart.
A little while later, Hermione finally woke up stretching as Sirius had done and looking around for where Sirius was. There she saw Snuffles curled up in a ball next to her. He looked up at her and then, just as a real dog would have done, stood up and started panting happily and licking her on the face. Hermione laughed and looked at the clock. 9:30 a.m. She laughed again.
"Sirius, you can be a human again. My parents left for work a half an hour ago." Hermione said. Sirius quickly transformed into a human sitting on his side.
"How did you know?" he asked, referring to her comment about her parents being gone.
"Oh, they always leave at nine. Never leave a note or anything. Oh well, thankfully I have you here. It's been really nice." She said smiling at him affectionately.
"I won't be here very long if your Dad doesn't lighten up a bit," Sirius said smirking and running his hand through his hair. Hermione gave him a questioning look.
"This morning, I heard them talking. Your Dad wants me out. Said I'll be out of here unless I proved I was worth something." Hermione's face fell but was lifted again after Sirius reassured her that he was.
"Don't worry! It'll be fine. I am a smart dog."
"Well I'm glad you've clarified that since I was having my doubts," Hermione said sarcastically laughing and pulling a curl to the side of her head to play with. Sirius's mind drifted off to the incident with the deer last night. If he wanted to tell her it was now or never.
"Hermione," he said bringing his attention back to the moment. She looked up at him once again he was getting lost in her eyes.
"Yeah, Sirius?"
"I need to tell you something that happened last night." Sirius said importantly. A look of complete horror spread across Hermione's face.
"We didn't like..." she hesitated for a moment. "Get drunk did we?" Now it was Sirius's turn to look horrified.
"NO! NO! Of COURSE not!" Sirius exclaimed nervously.
"Few," said Hermione sighing. "What did happen last night then?" Sirius, still trying to get over what she had just said, uttered under his breath exactly what had happened. He told her about how he had been seeing the shadow often and how this time he was able to discover that it was a stag. He told her the way it acted and how it ran away. He didn't yet mention how it looked exactly like James. Hermione was squinting at him during the entire story and at the end she let out an exasperated "Ohhh!" and smiled at Sirius again. He looked at her, confused.
"Oh, Sirius. HIM. I see him all the time. He comes to my house a lot and eats my garden but I don't care because he's so nice to me. His name is James."
Sirius gasped.
Thanks for the reviews guys! Here are some responses:
Pyrogirl4 : Thanks for being cool about the whole "similar story" thing. And sadly, NO it's not a real book or real author. I just put different names and words I've heard together to make it. Sorry to disappoint you!
Fuzzfurry : Don't worry because I'm definitely writing more. I plan on updating pretty much every day for a while.
Zaralya: Thank you!! Another good Sirius/Hermione fic is called "Sirius?" and its written by tATu-Black. You'll like it I think.
Rane2920072: Thanks for all the reviews! Hope you like this new chapter.